Mont Faron

Mont Faron
Highest point
Elevation584 m (1,916 ft)
Coordinates43°08′58″N 5°57′04″E / 43.14944°N 5.95111°E / 43.14944; 5.95111
Geography
Mont Faron is located in France
Mont Faron
Mont Faron
France
LocationVar, France
Climbing
Easiest routeroad or cable car

Mont Faron is a mountain overlooking the city and roadstead of Toulon, France. It is 584m high. At its peak is a memorial dedicated to the 1944 Allied landings in Provence (Operation Dragoon), and to the liberation of Toulon.

The top can be reached either by a cable car from Toulon, or by a steep and narrow road which ascends from the west side and descends on the east side. The road is one of the most challenging stages of the annual Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen bicycle races. From 1952 to 1970, there was a Mont Faron hill climb time trial race.[1]

Near the summit there is a zoo which covers an area of 1.5 hectares.

Hill climb

Mont Faron hill climb top three places by year[1][2]
Year First Second Third
1952  Jean Dotto (FRA)  Giancarlo Astrua (ITA)  Roger Rondeaux (FRA)
1953  Jean Dotto (FRA)  Giancarlo Astrua (ITA)  Eugène Cavallero (FRA)
1954  Jean Dotto (FRA)  Louison Bobet (FRA)  Eugène Cavallero (FRA)
1955  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Adriano Salviatto (ITA)  Jean Dotto (FRA)
1956  José Gil Sole (ESP)  Jean Dotto (FRA)  Charly Gaul (LUX)
1957  Valentin Huot (FRA)  Adriano Salviatto (ITA)  Manuel Cruz (ESP)
1958  Charly Gaul (LUX)  Gilbert Salvador (FRA)  Claude Mattio (FRA)
1959  Roger Rivière (FRA)  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Valentin Huot (FRA)
1960  Tom Simpson (GBR)  José Gil Sole (ESP)  Valentin Huot (FRA)
1961  Raymond Poulidor (FRA)  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)
1962  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Raymond Poulidor (FRA)  Manuel Manzano (FRA)
1963  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Gilbert Salvador (FRA)  Manuel Manzano (FRA)
1964  Federico Bahamontes (ESP)  Tom Simpson (GBR)  Claude Mattio (FRA)
1965  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)  Arie den Hartog (NED)  André Zimmermann (FRA)
1966  Raymond Poulidor (FRA)  Roger Pingeon (FRA)  Luis Ocaña (ESP)
1967  Lucien Aimar (FRA)  Julio Jiménez (ESP)  Paul Gutty (FRA)
1968  Charles Rigon (FRA)  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)  Roger Pingeon (FRA)
1969 No race
1970  Bernard Thévenet (FRA)  Felice Gimondi (ITA)  Roger Pingeon (FRA)

References

  1. ^ a b "Le Mont-Faron "chrono" (Fra) - Ex" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Mont Faron, Chrono". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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